Travel Blogs from Ste-Maxime

... week we have tried to prepare our hearts for what we consider to be the most significant part of our year abroad--our spiritual journey. We will be in Israel with Faith Bible Chapel from September 6-18 followed, almost immediately, by the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in northern Spain. We certainly understand our nearly ninety year old mothers' concerns. As one of our friends stated, "Most parents ...

... with us. The two weeks went by, one perfect day after another, sometimes full of sights and adventures, sometimes just relaxing at home, enjoying the villa and then wandering down the hill in the evening for dinner in st. Maxime's or catching the ferry across the bay to St. Tropez .. Magical.. and unforgettable... Every single moment.... Thank you, thank you, Michel and Elianne, for making all this possible.

... then and now, but phoenix-like, it was regularly rebuilt from the ashes. After the last rebuilding all went well until the French Revolution. Then, in 1790, the buildings were impounded and the monks were given notice. The Abbot fled all the way to Bologna. Now that the monks had been cleared out, in 1792 the complex “was sold as national property,” which I take to be a diplomatic way of saying it was seized by the state and auctioned off. ...

... aftersun, washed it off, applied more and then some more. But comfort was not to be had and the poor lad just had to get through it.

We scooted, ran and walked down to the village as we returned to the Freesbea or Kangaroo restaurant. That would be Lindsay scooting, Kit scooting and scratching, Lizzie running on the beach and Anne and me walking. Just before we left the flat, we noticed that the white jumper worn by Lizzie the previous evening was ...

... parked by arguably the most famous part of Monaco the Monte Carlo Casino. It was easy to spot those with money and those without, us without's were fawning over the myriad of amazing cars that seemed to be parked all over the place, the owners were probably having a money bath or some such thing! (We saw, an Aston DBS, DB9, a Maclaren Mercades, Porsche Carrea GT to name but a few). We again spent ...